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Japanese (NIKKEI) Insurance Industry Analysis

UpdatedMay 22, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies18
  • 7D-4.9%
  • 3M1.7%
  • 1Y10.0%
  • YTD-1.6%

Over the last 7 days, the Insurance industry has dropped 4.9%, driven by pullbacks in Sompo Holdings and Tokio Marine Holdings of 12% and 4.4%, respectively. In contrast, Japan Post Insurance has gained 5.3%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 10.0%. Earnings are forecast to grow by 1.0% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Japanese Insurance Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Thu, 22 May 2025JP¥30.8tJP¥48.0tJP¥3.3t12.7x9.3x0.6x
Sat, 19 Apr 2025JP¥29.1tJP¥48.7tJP¥3.3t10.7x8.8x0.6x
Mon, 17 Mar 2025JP¥32.1tJP¥48.7tJP¥3.3t11.4x9.7x0.7x
Wed, 12 Feb 2025JP¥30.7tJP¥48.6tJP¥3.4t12.7x9x0.6x
Fri, 10 Jan 2025JP¥30.6tJP¥48.6tJP¥3.4t12.3x9x0.6x
Sun, 08 Dec 2024JP¥32.1tJP¥48.6tJP¥3.4t12.3x9.5x0.7x
Tue, 05 Nov 2024JP¥29.4tJP¥47.1tJP¥2.6t13.2x11.2x0.6x
Thu, 03 Oct 2024JP¥29.3tJP¥47.1tJP¥2.6t13x11.1x0.6x
Sat, 31 Aug 2024JP¥30.3tJP¥47.1tJP¥2.6t14x11.5x0.6x
Mon, 29 Jul 2024JP¥31.2tJP¥46.9tJP¥2.3t15.9x13.7x0.7x
Wed, 26 Jun 2024JP¥32.0tJP¥46.5tJP¥2.3t16.3x14x0.7x
Fri, 24 May 2024JP¥29.5tJP¥46.5tJP¥2.3t17.4x12.9x0.6x
Sun, 21 Apr 2024JP¥26.6tJP¥44.3tJP¥2.1t14.9x12.6x0.6x
Tue, 19 Mar 2024JP¥27.4tJP¥44.3tJP¥2.1t14.5x13x0.6x
Thu, 15 Feb 2024JP¥24.7tJP¥44.0tJP¥1.8t15x13.8x0.6x
Sat, 13 Jan 2024JP¥22.8tJP¥44.1tJP¥1.8t14.8x12.7x0.5x
Mon, 11 Dec 2023JP¥22.7tJP¥44.1tJP¥1.8t14.8x12.6x0.5x
Wed, 08 Nov 2023JP¥22.3tJP¥44.0tJP¥1.3t16.9x17.1x0.5x
Fri, 06 Oct 2023JP¥21.6tJP¥44.0tJP¥1.3t17.2x16.6x0.5x
Sun, 03 Sep 2023JP¥20.4tJP¥44.0tJP¥1.3t16x15.7x0.5x
Tue, 01 Aug 2023JP¥20.4tJP¥42.6tJP¥1.2t19.3x16.4x0.5x
Thu, 29 Jun 2023JP¥20.0tJP¥41.1tJP¥1.2t17.7x16.1x0.5x
Sat, 27 May 2023JP¥18.6tJP¥41.2tJP¥1.2t16.1x15x0.5x
Mon, 24 Apr 2023JP¥17.5tJP¥42.6tJP¥1.2t16.5x14.7x0.4x
Wed, 22 Mar 2023JP¥17.0tJP¥42.6tJP¥1.2t16x14.2x0.4x
Fri, 17 Feb 2023JP¥19.5tJP¥41.5tJP¥1.2t17.6x16.3x0.5x
Sun, 15 Jan 2023JP¥18.8tJP¥41.4tJP¥1.2t19.1x16x0.5x
Tue, 13 Dec 2022JP¥17.8tJP¥41.4tJP¥1.2t20.7x15.2x0.4x
Thu, 10 Nov 2022JP¥17.9tJP¥40.2tJP¥1.7t13x10.3x0.4x
Sat, 08 Oct 2022JP¥17.1tJP¥40.2tJP¥1.7t12.5x9.8x0.4x
Mon, 05 Sep 2022JP¥17.1tJP¥40.2tJP¥1.7t12.4x9.9x0.4x
Wed, 03 Aug 2022JP¥17.2tJP¥39.6tJP¥2.0t12.3x8.6x0.4x
Fri, 01 Jul 2022JP¥17.8tJP¥39.4tJP¥2.0t12.7x8.9x0.5x
Sun, 29 May 2022JP¥16.9tJP¥39.4tJP¥2.0t11.7x8.5x0.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

8.5x


Total Market Cap: JP¥16.9tTotal Earnings: JP¥2.0tTotal Revenue: JP¥39.4tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Insurance Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 12.6x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Japanese Insurance industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 9.3x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 12.6x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.54x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Insurance industry have grown 18% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 6.8% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Japanese Financials industry?

JP Market-1.07%
Financials-1.55%
Insurance-4.88%
Insurance Brokers0.067%
General Insurance-1.27%
Life and Health Insurance-3.91%
Property and Casualty Insurance-5.42%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Insurance Brokers industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 32.1x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 15.8%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 33.4% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the General Insurance industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 2.4x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Insurance Brokers industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 16% over the next 5 years.
  • However this is lower than its past earnings growth rate of 33% per year.
  • In contrast, the Property and Casualty Insurance industry is expected to see its earnings growth to stay flat over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
7181 Japan Post InsuranceJP¥3.02k5.4%
+JP¥59.0b		5.7%PE9.3x
8795 T&D HoldingsJP¥3.13k3.0%
+JP¥45.9b		20.5%PE12.6x
7157 Lifenet InsuranceJP¥1.93k1.8%
+JP¥2.8b		40.7%PE24.5x
8750 Dai-ichi Life HoldingsJP¥1.07k0.05%
+JP¥1.8b		8.9%PE9.1x
5845 ZenhorenLtdJP¥859.002.1%
+JP¥457.5m		25.4%n/a
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JP¥3,218.00

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7D

-3.8%

1Y

1.4%

7181

JP¥3,019.00

Japan Post Insurance

7D

5.4%

1Y

5.7%

8766

JP¥5,647.00

Tokio Marine Holdings

7D

-2.8%

1Y

8.5%

8630

JP¥4,237.00

Sompo Holdings

7D

-9.4%

1Y

37.4%

4310

JP¥2,829.00

Dream Incubator

7D

-12.0%

1Y

27.3%

8798

JP¥277.00

Advance Create

7D

-2.8%

1Y

-72.5%

6178

JP¥1,324.50

Japan Post Holdings

7D

-5.9%

1Y

-9.1%

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8795

JP¥3,127.00

T&D Holdings

7D

3.0%

1Y

20.5%

8750

JP¥1,066.50

Dai-ichi Life Holdings

7D

0.05%

1Y

8.9%

8715

JP¥640.00

Anicom Holdings

7D

-4.3%

1Y

7.2%

7157

JP¥1,932.00

Lifenet Insurance

7D

1.8%

1Y

40.7%

5845

JP¥859.00

ZenhorenLtd

7D

2.1%

1Y

25.4%

7326

JP¥1,162.00

SBI Insurance Group

7D

-1.5%

1Y

13.1%